Abrostola agnorista

Abrostola agnorista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Abrostola
Species:
A. agnorista
Binomial name
Abrostola agnorista
Dufay, 1956

Abrostola agnorista is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Romania, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, France and Hungary.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm. It is very similar to Abrostola triplasia and the two species can only be distinguished by a genital examination . Adults are on wing from May to September in two generations depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Parietaria officinalis and Urtica species.

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